Blog Posts From The wild spiny aubergine hunt Tagged With solanum_anguivihttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny
I'm Maria Vorontsova from the Botany Department. Join me as I head to Tanzania and Kenya to hunt for wild spiny aubergines. I'm looking forward to an interesting journey, some interesting company and some interesting finds.Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:53:24 GMTJive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/)2010-03-30T06:53:24ZObserving species differences in the West Usambara foresthttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/2010/03/30/observing-species-differences-in-the-west-usambara-forest
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:5a2e4f70-57b1-4ed9-8747-7e82656ddf9c] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I have been working on many herbarium specimens of Solanum usambarense, but I was not sure whether it was the same species as Solanum anguivi or whether it was really different. Today we searched for Solanum usambarense and I was finally able to solve this problem. Both species were growing together in the forest understorey of a Prunus africana plantation heavily invaded by Solanum robustum. The two species were consistency different from each other even though they grew together, and I could confirm the things I observed in the herbarium: Solanum usambarense has more flowers, its pedicels are always recurved, and it is more hairy.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1230-1823/mv-blog-3.jpg"><img alt="mv-blog-3.jpg" class="jive-image" height="543" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1230-1823/408-543/mv-blog-3.jpg" width="408"/></a></p><p>Comparing Solanum anguivi and Solanum usambarense, which grew a few meters away from each other.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:5a2e4f70-57b1-4ed9-8747-7e82656ddf9c] -->solanumsolanum_usambarensesolanum_anguivi_robustumprunus_africanaTue, 30 Mar 2010 06:53:24 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/2010/03/30/observing-species-differences-in-the-west-usambara-forestmariavorontsova2010-03-30T06:53:24Z4 years, 11 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/comment/observing-species-differences-in-the-west-usambara-foresthttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/feeds/comments?blogPost=1230